Yesterday

1087. Insights: Can anyone fix homebuying?

Buying a home is one of the biggest financial decisions most people will ever make. Yet despite years of digital innovation, the experience remains fragmented, stressful and surprisingly analogue. Host Benjamin Ensor is joined by a great panel to explore why homebuying still feel ... Show More

56m 28s

Aug 3

1086. News: Wise tries again in the US, Western Union shuts its digital bank and Brazil reinvents BNPL

Host Kate Moody - Customer Strategy Director at 11:FS - is joined by some great guests to discuss the biggest stories from the world of financial services over the past week. This week's guests: Matthew Goldman - Founder and Managing Member at Totavi Neira Jones - Advisor, keynot ... Show More

56m 52s

Jul 30

1085. Insights: Are Neobanks replacing private banking?

About this episode: For years, neobanks competed by offering better banking experiences. Now, the biggest players are expanding into investing, AI-powered financial guidance, wealth management and premium services—areas once dominated by private banks. In this episode, host Ross ... Show More

56m 29s

Aug 2023

Neo & Challenger Banks: Understanding the Fintech Landscape

In today's rapidly evolving financial landscape, traditional banking institutions are no longer the sole players. Enter Neobanks and Challenger Banks, two terms that have been making waves in the fintech industry. But what exactly are they, and how do they differ from each other? ... Show More

9m 17s

Feb 2025

Fintech Xchange ’25: Hot Takes into BaaS and the Future of Banking

In This Episode This week, we bring you Part III of exclusive insights from Fintech Xchange ’25 at the Stena Center for Financial Technology and the University of Utah, powered by U.S. Bank. Host Jason Henrichs engages in a dynamic discussion with Jason Mikula of Fintech Business ... Show More

52m 8s

Sep 2023

Innovation, Customer Obsession, and Partnership: The Three Pillars of Mashreq Bank with Radu Topliceanu

Welcome to another stimulating episode of Couchonomics with Arjun, where we delve into the intricacies of the financial world! Today we're setting our sights on the evolving landscape of digital banking. We have an insider's look at how traditional banking is transfo ... Show More

59m 36s

Nov 2021

104. Making insurance more dynamic and less reactive

Benjamin Ensor and David Brear are joined by a great panel of guests to take a deep dive into new business models in Insurtech. What does the current landscape look like, can we pinpoint where innovation is currently coming from, what is the role of open finance in insurance, and ... Show More

49m 15s

Jun 2024

Ep 84. The biggest challenges banks face today when selling to existing customers with Jouk Pleiter

Digital Transformation of the banking value chain is a key challenge for every Banking CEO - doesn’t matter where in the world they are operating. In our latest episode, joining Arjun on the #couch is Jouk Pleiter, CEO of Backbase—a platform that specializes in helpi ... Show More

47m 50s

Mar 2025

How Digital Banking Helps Investors Manage Money Efficiently Tomas Navickas

Episode Topic In this episode, we dive into the world of fintech innovation with Tomas Navickas, the CTO and co-founder of myTU. He shares insights on how myTU is transforming digital banking and ... Show More

27m 37s

Dec 2024

Ep 18. Innovation in action : how DBS earned the title of the world’s best digital bank

Send us Fan MailIn this episode, Piyush Gupta, the inspirational CEO of DBS Bank, tells us how a Singaporean bank raced ahead in innovation and digitisation to be crowned the world’s best digital bank. Is Technology the new “front office” of a bank? Will pure-play digital banks e ... Show More

56m 46s

1002. Insights: The digital transformati...